Gustavo Petro

The allegations of lawfare, proscription or overthrow attempts such as the one suffered by Lula in January are clouding regional politics

Between January and March 2022, 35 kidnappings were registered in the South American country. In the same period of 2023, the figure doubled. Among the current victims is an 87-year-old man, the oldest hostage in the world

Caught in the crossfire between his two closest confidants and fixated on conspiracies, the leftist leader is unable to get anything done

Pedro Sánchez, commander of special forces, is in charge of the search for four minors who went missing a month ago, when their plane crashed in the Colombian rainforest

Four minors were murdered by FARC dissidents, once again highlighting the extent of the war crime in the South American nation

The end of a ceasefire between the Colombian government and an armed group known as the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) has put new pressure on the disarmament process

The leader has been criticized for favoring immediacy over caution on the social network, a problem that came to the fore when he wrongly tweeted that four missing children had been found

The father fled his town in the Amazon after receiving threats, and his wife and children were on their way to meet him when the plane they were traveling in crashed. Eighteen days later, the minors have still not been found

A survey found that 55% of Colombians would like to have a president like the one in El Salvador; meanwhile, some local candidates are promising to import his rigid security model

Colombia’s retired and reserve military are a powerful political force and tend toward conservatism, leaving the president with balancing act in a country that has not seen a coup since 1953

Traditional Afro and indigenous medicine is nothing new. It is part of national and international medical standards, and it is practiced daily in cities like Bogotá

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Colombia urged citizens to ‘express themselves’ to defend his government’s reforms and prevent these from being blocked by ‘very privileged groups’

The leftist leader has tired of negotiating with the traditional conservative parties over his reform plans and intends to mobilize his support base after a Cabinet reshuffle

An international summit organized by President Gustavo Petro shows how the South American country’s foreign policy has drastically changed in recent months

He had crossed the border into the country to try to meet with some participants at Tuesday’s international conference to discuss Venezuela’s political crisis

The former guerilla met with the U.S. president to discuss the war on drugs, conserving the Amazon and the situation in Venezuela

The leader of the FARC dissidents – who was once presumed dead – is currently negotiating with the government of President Gustavo Petro

General Henry Sanabria claimed to have seen Satan himself and was an outspoken critic of contraception, homosexuality and the rights of women

Violence and organized crime are on the rise across the region, upending government plans and putting citizens on alert

The success of the conference lies in its acceptance that while governments in the region do not share the same ideology, they share a common destiny

Guerrillas, militias and murky criminal organizations are all part of a complex negotiation by the Petro administration to bring about lasting peace

President Gustavo Petro made the announcement on Twitter, calling it a ‘bold act’ as five armed organizations signed up to an accord running until June 30, 2023

Gustavo Petro – an ally of the former president, who is currently under arrest after trying to shut down Peru’s Congress – asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to intervene, but was told that the body respects the ‘democratic response’ of Peruvian institutions

Francia Márquez – the first Afro-Colombian to hold the top position in her country’s history – tells Pepa Bueno, the editor-in-chief of El PAÍS, that ‘women are breaking barriers all over the world’

Favored by the international context, the Bolivarian leader is being courted again after three years of harsh criticism. At the Egypt gathering, he exchanged words with Emmanuel Macron, John Kerry and Gustavo Petro